gapes

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of gape

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of gape
2. (uncountable)A fit of yawning.

   “The gapes is contagious: when one person gets the gapes, pretty soon you've got a roomful of gapers.”

3. (uncountable)A disease of young poultry and other birds, caused by a parasitic nematode worm in the windpipe, and having uneasy gaping as a symptom.

   “The gapes has gotten to many of the birds.”